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Do not misconstrue this as implying the working class opposes social leftism, because it doesn't. It only seems that way because the only party offering economic hope -- false hope, but hope nevertheless -- is doing it by scapegoating (brown) immigrants.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

I really don't get why they went so hard on the everything is fine with the economy story. If you looked even a little deeper than the first number, it was pretty obvious that any wage growth was dominated by gains for high earners and those switching jobs.